An incredible team the Parra side of the 80's, they had a near telepathic understanding of the game, and at one stage, practically had the entire Australian backline, with the mentioned Eric Grothe, Kenny, Sterlo, Mick Cronin, Steve Ella, Neville Glover, Paul Taylor, with Ray Price as lock. All these players played at the top level, BECAUSE THEY DESERVED THEIR SPOT IN THE TEAM, THEY EARNT IT, as they first went up to the try-outs for first grade, the coach said to them, if you're "good enough" - you're in the team. Many years earlier, in the tough forward battles of yesteryear (also the forwards battles in the 70's, 80's & 90's were wars) all started to change later (post circa-2010) big boppers in the old days like Bumper Farrell, would play in the front row, he also happened to be a police officer in the NSW police, stationed at Darlinghurst in the Vice Squad, and on weekends he played in the front row for Newtown, and was known to carry a phone book in his back pocket, just in case he had to phone someone. A few decades later another tough front row forward would emerge, who also happened to be a NSW police officer, Graig Young the St. George prop, he also played for NSW & Australia, and was one of those tough forwards that teams are built around, he was pulled into the dragons outfit straight from school, having been in the Australian schoolboys Rugby League team. Both Bumper Farrell & Craig Young, played first grade - BECAUSE THEY DESERVED THEIR PLACE IN THE TEAM, and in the days before "big salaries" were payed to players, they were also cops. FAST FORWARD -to nowadays, obviously post 2010, post 2020, post 2024, post 2030................................................... are there going to be players play at the top level, BECAUSE THEY DESERVED TO PLAY IN THE FIRST GRADE NSWRL? OR ARE THERE GOING TO BE BANANAS, EMERGE FROM HIDING UNDER MUMMY'S SKIRT, OR EVEN DADDY'S SKIRT, (BASICALLY AN OLD SLANG SAYING, MEANING HAVING LIVED A VERY SHELTERED, AND PROTECTED EXISTENCE) THEY GET SHOE-HORNED FROM PLAYING PARK FOOTY, TO PLAYING FIRST GRADE, WITH SUB-PAR SCRIPTED ROLES, NO PRESSURE, NO HARD TACKLING, NO IN-YOUR-FACE DEFENSE, NO AD-LIB PLAY, NO IMPROVISATIONS, NO FLAIR, NO UNPREDICTABILITY, NO ROUGH AND TUMBLE PLAY, NO FLAIR-UPS, NO DUST-UPS, NO EMOTIONAL CONNECTIONS, JUST SCRIPTED FAIRY-TALES, WRITTEN ON THE SIDE LINE BY "FALSE-POST FAIRIES", WITH THEIR HAND IN THE POT, WITH THEIR HANDS ON THE INTERNET BETTING SITES "ODDS & EVENS" - ROBBING THE GAMES HISTORY & CULTURE. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WILL THE "COACH" SAY TO THE JUVENILES, "IF YOU'RE GOOD ENOUGH, YOU'LL MAKE THE TEAM" , OR WILL THE "JUVENILES" OR THE "JUNIORS" - SAY TO THE "COACH" - MY DAD IS A ???????????????????????????????????? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This was an astonishing rebound after the Eels had lost 0-20 to Manly the previous week - and on the wettest rugby day in Sydney in the past sixty years. From the available footage what one discovers is that the Parramatta backs realised that the team could not work in the wet centre and decided to run round on the better-drained fringes to amazing effect. As I can testify from watching the AFL as well as rugby league, in wet weather on sandy soils like Sydney or Perth, relying on pure speed is very frequently the most effective strategy. Parramatta 33 [Michael Cronin 2, Eric Grothe 2, Peter Sterling, Brett Kenny, Steve Ella tries; Cronin 6 goals from 11 attempts] defeated Eastern Suburbs 0.
An incredible team the Parra side of the 80's, they had a near telepathic understanding of the game, and at one stage,
practically had the entire Australian backline, with the mentioned Eric Grothe, Kenny, Sterlo, Mick Cronin, Steve Ella,
Neville Glover, Paul Taylor, with Ray Price as lock. All these players played at the top level, BECAUSE THEY DESERVED
THEIR SPOT IN THE TEAM, THEY EARNT IT, as they first went up to the try-outs for first grade, the coach said to them,
if you're "good enough" - you're in the team.
Many years earlier, in the tough forward battles of yesteryear (also the forwards battles in the 70's, 80's & 90's were wars)
all started to change later (post circa-2010) big boppers in the old days like Bumper Farrell, would play in the front row,
he also happened to be a police officer in the NSW police, stationed at Darlinghurst in the Vice Squad, and on weekends
he played in the front row for Newtown, and was known to carry a phone book in his back pocket, just in case he had
to phone someone. A few decades later another tough front row forward would emerge, who also happened to be a
NSW police officer, Graig Young the St. George prop, he also played for NSW & Australia, and was one of those tough
forwards that teams are built around, he was pulled into the dragons outfit straight from school, having been in the
Australian schoolboys Rugby League team. Both Bumper Farrell & Craig Young, played first grade - BECAUSE THEY
DESERVED THEIR PLACE IN THE TEAM, and in the days before "big salaries" were payed to players, they were also cops.
FAST FORWARD -to nowadays, obviously post 2010, post 2020, post 2024, post 2030...................................................
are there going to be players play at the top level, BECAUSE THEY DESERVED TO PLAY IN THE FIRST GRADE NSWRL?
OR ARE THERE GOING TO BE BANANAS, EMERGE FROM HIDING UNDER MUMMY'S SKIRT, OR EVEN DADDY'S SKIRT,
(BASICALLY AN OLD SLANG SAYING, MEANING HAVING LIVED A VERY SHELTERED, AND PROTECTED EXISTENCE)
THEY GET SHOE-HORNED FROM PLAYING PARK FOOTY, TO PLAYING FIRST GRADE, WITH SUB-PAR SCRIPTED ROLES,
NO PRESSURE, NO HARD TACKLING, NO IN-YOUR-FACE DEFENSE, NO AD-LIB PLAY, NO IMPROVISATIONS, NO FLAIR,
NO UNPREDICTABILITY, NO ROUGH AND TUMBLE PLAY, NO FLAIR-UPS, NO DUST-UPS, NO EMOTIONAL CONNECTIONS,
JUST SCRIPTED FAIRY-TALES, WRITTEN ON THE SIDE LINE BY "FALSE-POST FAIRIES", WITH THEIR HAND IN THE POT,
WITH THEIR HANDS ON THE INTERNET BETTING SITES "ODDS & EVENS" - ROBBING THE GAMES HISTORY & CULTURE.
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WILL THE "COACH" SAY TO THE JUVENILES, "IF YOU'RE GOOD ENOUGH, YOU'LL MAKE THE TEAM" , OR WILL THE
"JUVENILES" OR THE "JUNIORS" - SAY TO THE "COACH" - MY DAD IS A ????????????????????????????????????
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Kenny the original intercept king
This was an astonishing rebound after the Eels had lost 0-20 to Manly the previous week - and on the wettest rugby day in Sydney in the past sixty years. From the available footage what one discovers is that the Parramatta backs realised that the team could not work in the wet centre and decided to run round on the better-drained fringes to amazing effect. As I can testify from watching the AFL as well as rugby league, in wet weather on sandy soils like Sydney or Perth, relying on pure speed is very frequently the most effective strategy.
Parramatta 33 [Michael Cronin 2, Eric Grothe 2, Peter Sterling, Brett Kenny, Steve Ella tries; Cronin 6 goals from 11 attempts] defeated Eastern Suburbs 0.